1960 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1960 throughout the world.

Clubs founded

• NK Maribor

Events

• Copa Libertadores 1960
  • Won by Peñarol after defeating Olimpia Asunción on an aggregate score of 2–1.
• European Cup 1959-60
  • Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt, 7–3, in the final at Hampden Park
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60
  • FC Barcelona defeated Birmingham City in the final, 4–1, on aggregate
• 1960 International Soccer League
  • Bangu beat Kilmarnock F.C., 2–0, in the final at the Polo Grounds
• April 3 – Humphrey Mijnals becomes the first player from Surinamese descent who makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team when Holland defeats Bulgaria (4–2) in a friendly.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Club Atlético Independiente
• Brazil: Palmeiras
• Egypt: Zamalek
• England: Burnley
• France: Stade de Reims
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Israel: Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
• Italy: Juventus
• Mexico: Chivas Guadalajara
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Soviet Union: Torpedo Moscow
• Spain: Barcelona
• Sweden: IFK Norrköping
• Turkey: Beşiktaş

International tournaments

• UEFA European Football Championship in France (July 6 – 10 1960)
  1. Soviet Union
  2. Yugoslavia
  3. Czechoslovakia
• Olympic Games in Rome, Italy (August 26 – September 10, 1960)
  1. Yugoslavia
  2. Denmark
  3. Hungary
• 1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 – April 15, 1960)

Shared by England, Scotland and Wales

Births

• January 3 – Washington César Santos, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
• January 27 – Ryszard Rybak, Polish footballer
• February 10 – Miguel Bossio, Uruguayan international footballer
• February 27 – Jan van Grinsven, Dutch footballer
• March 27 – Hans Pflügler, German international footballer
• April 4 – Marvin Obando, Costa Rican footballer
• April 11 – Marko Elsner, Slovenian international footballer (died 2020)
• April 14 – Gian Piero Ventrone, Italian coach and athletic trainer (died 2022)
• April 16 – Pierre Littbarski, German international footballer and manager
• April 18 – Zvjezdan Cvetković, Yugoslavian international footballer and Croatian Serb manager (died 2017)
• April 29 – Ron de Groot, Dutch footballer and manager
• June 16 – Cándido Martínez, Spanish footballer
• June 25 – Craig Johnston, Australian footballer
• July 20 – Lauren Gregg, American soccer coach
• August 9 – Viorel Turcu, Romanian international footballer (died 2020)
• August 24 – Jimmy Montanero, Ecuadorian international footballer
• August 28 – Julio César Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• October 30 – Diego Maradona, Argentine international footballer (died 2020)
• November 26 – Rémy Vogel, French international footballer (died 2016)
• November 27 – Martin van Geel, Dutch footballer
• November 30 – Gary Lineker, English international footballer and TV presenter
• December 20 – Piet Keur, Dutch footballer
• December 31 – Steve Bruce, English international

Deaths

June

• June 25 - Charlie Buchan (68), English international footballer (born 1891)

September

• September 15 - Héctor Castro, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Heart attack)